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Lucia LACURCIA

Brazil's Lula Undergoes Surgery For Brain Hemorrhage

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has undergone surgery for a brain hemorrhage related to an October 19 fall when he hit his head (Credit: AFP)

Brazil's 79-year-old President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent surgery for a brain hemorrhage related to a recent fall, hospital officials said Tuesday.

"The operation went without complications" on Monday night, and Lula was "doing well, under monitoring" in an intensive care unit, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement posted on the president's Instagram account.

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